Janelle Authur Ranch Western dancers continued to wear the leather off their cowboy boots with some major boot scootin’ at the January and February 2024 SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Social Dance Club’s Western dances. On Jan. 12, Anthony Taylor Jr. and the Good Ol’ Boys brought their steel guitar and honkey tonkin’ back to the Sol Ballroom…
Jim Bittle on his 2003 Harley Davidson Road King Firefighter/Anniversary Edition (photo by Debora Witten)
Melanie Einbund Transliterated: B’nay Meedbar, meaning ‘The People of the Desert’ Our February services were led by Rabbi Sanford Seltzer, assisted by Eliyanah Powers and Joshua Nichols. We welcome our new Torah with the hope for peace to embrace our community and Israel. A special presentation of our new Torah was made to the congregation by Rabbi…
David Zapatka Friend and fellow pickleball player, Natasha Thompson, writes, “‘Apricity’ means warmth of the sun in winter. Did I expand your vocabulary?” Yes, you have, Tash, and I expect you will be expanding our readers’ vocabulary with this word as well. Maybe you will even bring it back into use as it has fallen…
M.C. Nelson The SaddleBrooke Ranch Democratic Club hosted a visit by Kevin Volk, candidate for Arizona State House, Legislative District 17 (LD17). Kevin, born and raised in Tucson and a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Brown University, has been a public-school teacher, interned for Representative Gabby Giffords, and worked on the governor campaign in Virginia. He…
Patti West Several painters learned more about oil painting during January by participating in a four-session “Still Life in Oils” class taught by Rachel Linnemeier. It was a great kickoff to a year that promises to have ample opportunities for painter education as well as social activities.